On 10 September, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) published its mid-year report on the latest European asylum trends. The report is based on data collected January-June 2026 in EU+ countries (EU member states plus Norway and Switzerland). A number of key...
On 16 September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered the annual State of the Union (SOTEU) speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. She made the following asylum- and migration-related points: Pact on Migration and Asylum: “After years...
Putting trauma-informed approaches into practice Following the publication of the first Caring to Include toolkit on staff and volunteer well-being, we are pleased to announce the publication of the second toolkit in the series, focusing on trauma-informed approaches....
Finland has completed a 200-kilometre-long fence along its border with Russia. The Finnish government is planning to extend its controversial border law until 2028. An NGO in Latvia has accused the government of withdrawing financial support because of a legal case...
An NGO has accused police of committing acts of violence against detainees at a centre in Bulgaria. The Hungarian government has announced another extension of “crisis” migration measures. A new NGO report has highlighted deaths and disappearances of people on the...
ECRE has published a comparative report on the legal framework for the detention of people seeking international protection in 21 EU member states and 5 non-EU European countries. Information was drawn from the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) which contains...
ECRE has published a comparative report on places and conditions of detention of people seeking international protection in 21 EU member states and 5 non-EU European countries. Information was drawn from the Asylum Information Database (AIDA) which contains detailed...
Protestors in Ceuta have set fire to some of the makeshift shelters used by people who have remained in the Spanish enclave since the mass crossing at the end of July. The government has asked the European Commission to support its response to the ongoing situation in...
The government has announced an increase in the number of French police officers dealing with small boat crossings. Almost 100 children have been wrongly identified and detained as adults under the UK’s agreement with France aimed at preventing people from crossing...
Almost 70 people have been detained after attending interviews at the Immigration Office since the start of the year. NGOs and opposition politicians have condemned the Federal Government’s plan to significantly reduce the number of reception places in Brussels for...
